Ross Kennedy
Senior Client Manager

Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law

Ross brings over a decade of advising corporates and individuals and a proven track record of practice-leading immigration nous to the firm.

He has built a reputation for himself as a safe pair of hands across the wide range of challenges of personal and business immigration.

Ross is a regular participant of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) Economic Migration Working Group and a contributing author for Lexis PSL, as well as writing about immigration law developments for other legal and national publications.

After leaving the Civil Service, Ross was previously a senior and an Associate Practice Manager regulated by the OISC at Level 3 at immigration firms of global repute before joining Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law in 2021. Ross has an MA in Law.

Ross has a wealth of experience working with corporate clients of all sizes, from start-ups, SMEs and charitable or religious organisations to large multinational companies.

He regularly advises on applications for licences to sponsor skilled workers (including on UKVI compliance requirements, mergers, restructuring and TUPE, as well as training HR teams) and assists with visa applications for skilled workers, temporary workers, sole representatives, as well as creative and sports personalities. Ross advises on immigration routes to set up businesses in the UK such as the such as the UK Expansion Worker visa, Global Talent visa or Innovator Founder route. He also advises private clients on personal applications, from high net worth and highly skilled clients to family, UK ancestry and British citizenship.

Recent articles posted by Ross Kennedy

Home Office c Harry Metcalfe

Ross Kennedy writes for Free Movement

Ross Kennedy analyses the latest 2025 changes to guidance on sponsoring workers
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Ross Kennedy writes for Free Movement

Ross Kennedy writes guide to apply for a Charity Worker Sponsor Licence
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UK visa travel UK London

Ross Kennedy writes in Solicitors Journal

Ross Kennedy outlines immigration practitioners’ concerns about the eVisa in Solicitors Journal
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This is engineering

Ross Kennedy writes for Free Movement

What the review of IT, engineering & telecom work visas means for tech employers
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Ross Kennedy writes for Free Movement

UK employers don’t always need a work visa for sponsored Creative Workers, Ross Kennedy explains
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Labour government

Ross Kennedy writes for BritishAmerican Business

UK immigration update: what a new government means for business and family routes
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